Inter-project improvement in product development

International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 876-893

  Antoni, Marc ^a   Nilsson Witell, Lars ^b   Dahlgaard, Jens J ^c  

^a ROBERT BOSCH GMBH   (Germany)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; New products; Product management; Project management; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 27144495779     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710510625194     Document Type: Article

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